Martin Pitt removed jockey-text in Ubuntu 14.04 (it's also broken in 13.10 apparently) but I used it for changing graphics drivers in the command line when X wasn't working. How do I do this now (he ...

Just tried to run jockey-text on my test server and found that it's not installed. Looked for the jockey-common package and found nothing. Even did a package search and there's no release for Trusty.
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I've been struggling with Ubuntu 12.04 for past 24 hours to setup nvidia properly.
1.I've checked out additional drivers tool and started downloading recommended package but stopped the operation in ...

I am trying to install the proprietory Nvidia drivers on my Asus UX32VD (GT620M) running 13.04.
Since the additional drivers (Jockey) tab was empty I followed the advice from a similar question here ...

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 several times, and during installation sometimes the version 304 Nvidia driver gets installed sometimes the version 173. I checked the integrity of the DVD, of course. ...

12.04 update on 2012-12-22 updated the kernel to 3.2.0-35-generic and attempted to update nvidia driver to nvidia-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.1 but did not.
Update on 2013-01-06 update manager ...

We have chosen to use the Nouveau driver for our PCs with nVidia graphic cards.
Unfortunately every user who gets connected to those PCs get the message "Additional drivers available" ... even if they ...

Is it safe to install AMD Propietary drivers with Additional drivers feature? Arent they outdated? The one with (post release updates) tag fails after download. I tried to install the drivers using ...

I have a Hercules DJ console MK4 at home and I would like to use it in Ubuntu because I prefer this over Windows.
I know it isn't officially supported but does anyone know any method to do this?
I'm ...

Today I installed Ubuntu 11.10 in my HP laptop well everything goes well installation and updates.
I then got a notification on the taskbar for additional drivers: No propritery drivers are in use on ...

Will get to the point,
Fresh Ubuntu 11.04, I tried to edit the appearance settings for Gnome Do 0.8.4, get the error "you must enable compositing" help guides suggested to install Compiz.
Installed ...

Ubuntu 11.04 was working fine with my Nvidia GT550M graphic card. It has got all shadows, effects etc. But yesterday i noticed the "additional drivers" icon in notification area and installed it. But ...

Is it possible to make a script that basically does the same thing as jockey-common? i.e. An script to find any hardware that requires proprietary drivers and install them.
EDIT As Oli mentioned, the ...